000			01540pab a2200193 454500
008			180718b2017 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aJing, Yijia
245			_aFrom service contracting to collaborative governance: evolution of government-nonprofit relations
260			_c2017
300			_ap.191-202.
362			_aAug
520			_aSocial service contracting between governments and nonprofit organizations has received increasing popularity in China and has aroused enthusiasm in engaging nonprofit organizations in governance issues. This study argues that service contracting, driven by New Public Management tenets, may unexpectedly evolve toward collaborative governance (CG) by creating and consolidating necessary conditions of CG. Practices in Shanghai present evidence that governments and contracting nonprofits jointly make decisions, enforce regulatory functions, set rules, and improve community governance. The analysis shows that over time contracting may lead to generation of mutual trust, acquisition of governing resources, and consolidation of collaborative accountability. The evolutionary perspective provides not only a contingent way to develop CG in a context of heavy social control but also a theoretical link between New Public Management and New Public Governance. - Reproduced.
650			_aNonprofit organizations - China
650			_aService industries - China
650			_aService industries
700			_aHu, Yefei
773			_aPublic Administration and Development
909			_a115748
999			_c115742 _d115742